Protecting Your IP In China — The Basics.

Stan Abrams over at China Hearsay is (or will be?) speaking on China intellectual property at an IP conference for SMEs in the Netherlands and he has mapped out on his blog what he is going to say. And here it is:

1. Register your IP as early as possible.
2. Don’t sacrifice IP protection for speed (i.e. don’t jump into the market before you take care of your IP).
3. Have a well-crafted, reasonable, and feasible China IP plan in place before anything goes wrong.
4. Do your homework (keep your eyes open for infringement and listen to your distributors and agents).
5. Check up frequently on licensees, distributors, agents, and manufacturers.
6. Avail yourself of all reasonable enforcement measures (after doing a cost benefit analysis of course), but understand the obstacles involved.

Dan Harris is internationally regarded as a leading authority on legal matters related to doing business in China and in other emerging economies in Asia. Forbes Magazine, Business Week, Fortune Magazine, BBC News, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Economist, CNBC, The New York Times, and many other major media players, have looked to him for his perspective on international law issues.

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